The general assembly of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) elected this Saturday two-time Olympic champion kayaker Zsolt Gyulay as the new president of the organization. The 57-year-old CEO of Hungaroring Sport Plc. received 34 votes from the 48 members present at the event, while the other candidate, Balázs Hajdu, lawyer and Olympic sailor, collected 14 […]
A package of clothing and accessories, 41 pieces altogether, have been handed over to the Hungarian competitors of the Beijing Winter Olympics by the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB). It has been a tradition for several decades that the Hungarian Olympic Committee provides the members of the delegation traveling to the Games, especially the athletes, with […]
The Hungarian Sports Journalists Association (MSÚSZ) has elected three-time Olympic champion fencer Áron Szilágyi as Athlete of the Year in the men's category and Tamara Csipes, member of the Olympic champion Hungarian kayak-four team and silver medalist in singles kayak, as Sportswoman of the Year 2021. The winners were celebrated at a gala in Budapest […]
At the extraordinary general assembly of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) on December 30, the confidence in the president Krisztián Kulcsár was withdrawn. The former world and European champion, Olympic silver medallist fencer had held the position since 2017. 24 people voted against the President, 18 were in favour and one invalid vote was cast. […]
The weather was not kind to runners at the Budapest Marathon this weekend, but more than 3,000 people still took part in the 42-kilometer race. In the men's race, Hungary’s Péter Nagy crossed the line first in 2 hours 33 minutes and 37 seconds, while the women's race was won by Anna Borisenko from Russia, […]
For the first time, the Judit Polgár Global Chess Festival was held in a hybrid format: this Saturday's event took place both in the Hungarian National Gallery and online through two channels, focusing on the relationship between chess and education. This year's biggest innovation was the Educational Chess Summit, where participants proved that chess has […]
Hungarian ultra-runner László Barta has achieved another fantastic result by wining the world's longest cross-country race, the 1001-kilometer Megarace, which was held for the first time this year, the news site telex.hu reports. Barta completed the distance - where competitors also have to overcome 24 kilometers of difference in altitude - in 254 hours and […]
The Disciplinary Committee of the international football federation FIFA has imposed a ban and a substantial fine on the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) in relation to the racist behaviour of numerous supporters during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ qualifying match between Hungary and England on September 2, 2021. A statement by FIFA adds that […]
The Hungarian team finished with sixteen medals at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, including seven gold, five silver and four bronze medals. With this total, Hungary has moved up to 18th place on the medal table. On the last day of the Paralympics, the 16th medal was won by kayaker Katalin Varga who finished third […]
Hungary’s world and two-time European champion Péter Pál Kiss won the gold medal in the K1 200m at the Tokyo Paralympics, becoming the youngest Paralympic champion in kayaking. He was the favorite to win in the KL1 category, the one for the most severely injured athletes. Accordingly, he paddled very convincingly in Thursday's heats, winning […]
Zsófia Konkoly and Bianka Pap won gold medals in the 100m butterfly and 100m backstroke events respectively at the Tokyo Paralympic Games this Thursday. Zsófia Konkoly, who competed in the S9 category, set a new European record in the preliminaries with a time of 1:07.05 and qualified for the final in first place. There, New […]
Hungary’s Luca Ekler won the gold medal in the women’s long jump in the T38 category at the Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday, beating her own world record twice, the Hungarian state news agency MTI reports. A world and European champion, the Hungarian competitor started her second event in Tokyo after finishing fourth in the 100m […]
Table tennis player Péter Pálos won the second gold medal for Hungary at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, while the country’s third gold at this competition came in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke event that was won by Fanni Illés. Péter Pálos defeated Samuel Philip von Einem of Australia 3 sets to 2 in the final. The […]
Hungary's Amarilla Veres won the women's epée individual - Category A event in wheelchair fencing at the Tokyo Paralympics this Thursday. This is the first paralympic gold for Hungary in fencing since 1996. In the final bout, she faced Jing Rong of China who took a 4-1 lead but the competitor came back to level […]
The Hungarian athletes, medalists and medal winners of the Tokyo Olympics were welcomed by officials and fans at the BOK Hall in Budapest on Monday. At the ceremony, which was attended by hundreds of supporters, the President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, Krisztián Kulcsár, underlined that "the Hungarian Olympians are now being welcomed with the […]
